Christ Quest Ministries

My desire is to live in this blessing.

It’s heartbreaking how we allow our flesh to keep us from this blessing of claiming the kingdom of God as ours.

Lord,

Forgive me for thinking I am self-sufficient and being filled with pride and selfishness. This keeps me from having the thing I desire…a close Spirit-to-spirit relationship with You.

Thank You for this verse and showing me Your truth. Thank You for your incredible love and amazing grace.

I repent and chose to rely on You…continue to show me the things that keep me from realizing that I am spiritually bankrupt. Open my eyes to my flesh and give me strength to die to it.

Amen.

Flowers, chocolate, jewelry. Yes, they are nice, but what she wants isn’t something you can buy.

She wants you to understand her heart. To listen to her and be able to place yourself in her place. To address her spirit to spirit.

She doesn’t want you to be defensive and make excuses, but to have a learner’s heart. She wants to be able to share with you anything…like how she can go to Jesus with anything.

She wants to be on your team. To be ONE with you. To be able to actually share what is on her heart and for the two of you to respectfully talk.

She wants you to submit to God’s ways; for God’s ways to be more important that you having to be right.

She wants you to daily identify your emotions and put them in a memory bank that can be used in real time to truly understand her; identifying what she is feeling.

Marriage is a spiritual connection. Sadly, many husbands have no idea what their own spirit is…let alone how to care for her spirit. This is the most important thing for her in your relationship together.

This year, give her the gift of committing to learn how to build this kind of life together with her.

Wives: tell me in the comments what you’d like to see in your husband OR something he’s done recently that has really blessed your spirit!